Music Making Gen AI: A Deeper Dive into Fair Use
The Illusion of More
JULY 11, 2024
In February 2023, I argued that using copyrighted works for the purpose of training generative artificial intelligence (GAI) products is not fair use.
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The Illusion of More
JULY 11, 2024
In February 2023, I argued that using copyrighted works for the purpose of training generative artificial intelligence (GAI) products is not fair use.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
2023 brought several notable developments in trademark and copyright law, including cases that touched on artificial intelligence and generative AI, copyright fair use, and the extraterritorial application of the Lanham Act. McCormick for our annual Trademark & Copyright Year in Review webinar.
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The IPKat
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis , edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). This edited collection will be enjoyed by scholars and practitioners interested in music and copyright, as well as musical cultural heritage.
JD Supra Law
MAY 19, 2023
On May 18, 2023, the US Supreme Court, in a much-anticipated decision, held that portraits of the musician Prince by Andy Warhol do not constitute fair use under copyright law. The 7 – 2 decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 15, 2024
Photo by Joey Csunyo on Unsplash In recent years, copyright departments in governments around the world have been preoccupied with AI’s effects on copyright industries and, more recently, copyright law challenges created for AI industries. Which copyright issues has the Australian government been grappling with?
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2023
But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? Greer sued Moon and Kiwi Farms for contributory copyright infringement and other claims. The court says the defendants waived any fair use defense by briefing it inadequately. CloudFlare’s block ).
LexBlog IP
MAY 19, 2023
On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. But unanswered questions abound. Perlmutter, et.
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 17, 2024
is one of the most interesting cases in history to rely on a fair use defense, arguing that the alleged infringement qualifies as a parody. Acuff-Rose sued members of hip hop group 2 Live Crew, claiming that their track “Pretty Woman” infringed the label’s copyright in the Roy Orbison song, “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
The IP Law Blog
JANUARY 19, 2023
It’s always good to start off the year with an overview of trademark and copyright cases to watch. In this case, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Andy Warhol Foundation made fair use of a photo of the late artist Prince. We’ll start with Andy Warhol Foundation v. Next, we have Abitron Austria GmbH v. There, U.S.-based
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 16, 2024
The libraries use this concept of CDL justify the mass digitalization of copyright works digital versions of their legally obtained items and lending them to patrons in a controlled manner. This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 16, 2023
The post xQc and the 2023 Reaction Video Controversy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Streamer and YouTuber xQc is under fire for his reaction videos. Here's why it's not the first such battle and why this may be different.
The IP Law Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Weintraub Tobin’s Intellectual Property podcast, The Briefing , published nearly 50 episodes this year covering a variety of IP issues relating to trademark, copyright, and entertainment law. As we look back, we want to share The Briefing’s most popular episodes in 2023. 3: What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v.
CoCal IP Law Institute
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Please join us on Monday, November 13, 2023 at Noon, where we will discuss the issue of master ownership and the legal copyright conflicts between record labels and artists. Taylor Swift may be the first to make this copyright issue truly public, leaving fans wondering who really owns Swift's music and why.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Weintraub Tobin’s Intellectual Property podcast, The Briefing , published nearly 50 episodes this year covering a variety of IP issues relating to trademark, copyright, and entertainment law. As we look back, we want to share The Briefing’s most popular episodes in 2023. 3: What Now for Fair Use After Warhol v.
The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Despite receiving this accolade and Allen’s arguments that he contributed significant creative elements to the AI-generated Work, his attempts to copyright the work have been unsuccessful. Allen originally filed for copyright registration on September 21, 2022, but did not disclose that he had used an AI system to create the work.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 19, 2023
It’s always good to start off the year with an overview of trademark and copyright cases to watch. In this case, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Andy Warhol Foundation made fair use of a photo of the late artist Prince. We’ll start with Andy Warhol Foundation v. Next, we have Abitron Austria GmbH v.
Olartemoure Blog
JANUARY 18, 2023
The photographer became aware of the use of her photograph in 2016 when Prince died, and the Andy Warhol Foundation licensed the use of Warhol’s “Prince Series” to use in a magazine commemorating his life. There was no image copyright credit or compensation to Lynn Goldsmith.
LexBlog IP
JULY 24, 2023
for allegedly using their copyrighted content without authorization to train artificial intelligence (AI) language models. The lawsuits, filed in San Francisco federal court, highlight the legal challenges faced by developers of chat bots who rely on copyrighted material to create realistic responses.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). 11 and 13 EUCFR , 19 UDHR , 27.1 UDHR, and 15.1
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The deadline to respond is 18 October 2023. The USCO will use this information to analyse the current state of the law, identify unresolved issues and to advise the Congress. The USCO will use this information to analyse the current state of the law, identify unresolved issues and to advise the Congress.
Patently-O
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
by Dennis Crouch Generative Artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems like MidJourney and ChatGPT that can generate creative works have brought a wave of new questions and complexities to copyright law. The Copyright Office’s inquiry is an attempt to respond to AI’s rapidly growing impact on creative industries.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Fair Use Precedent? As such, it was permissible under United States copyright law. copyright law.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
and Universal Music Group (“Plaintiffs”) sued AI start-up Anthropic PBC (“Anthropic”) on October 18, 2023, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee “to address the systematic and widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics” by Anthropic. ABCKO Music, Inc.,
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
3:23-cv-03440 ) In a recent post we analysed a class action filed in the US against Open AI for unauthorized use of copyright works for training of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT ( here ) (“Generative AI” or “Gen AI”). District Court for the Northern District of California, No.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. — Of course, no state law claim is exactly the same as a copyright claim.
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. But unanswered questions abound.
IP Tech Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. AI has been front and center in the legal space as well, as this blog has detailed here and here. Now, the U.S.
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
This report is provided by Aiswarya Deepa Padmakumar , Simon Parayemkuzhiyil Abraham , and Aashish Murali Krishnan who attended the session and are students of mine pursuing their Masters in Law at Brunel University London. Do LLMs Infringe Copyright? The committee explored the question of infringement of copyright by LLMs.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash Copyright protection in machine-generated works is not a new issue for law makers. 53 (1884) extended copyright protection to photography. 53 (1884) extended copyright protection to photography. 2018) ), questioning whether a non-human could be the author of a copyrighted work.
IP Intelligence
JUNE 7, 2023
Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. 1258, (2023).
LexBlog IP
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. AI has been front and center in the legal space as well, as this blog has detailed here and here. Now, the U.S.
Velocity of Content
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Responsibly using these works is a foundational part of the discussion. On Thursday, October 12, 2023, 1000 EDT/1500 BST/1600 CEST, CCC presents a Town Hall special program on LinkedIn Live, “AI, Licensing & The Path Forward.” The post CCC Town Hall Preview With Bruce Rich appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
from 2023 to 2030, AI is poised to revolutionize diverse sectors, showcasing its potential to drive unparalleled innovation and efficiency. It’s a topic that feels right out of a thrilling legal drama: should AI models be fed with copyrighted content? Much of that content is protected by copyright laws.
TorrentFreak
MAY 15, 2023
Copyright Office in 2016, the seven-time Grammy winner accused YouTube of “fermenting a veritable pirate orgy ” among its users while “dismantling copyright from the inside, like a flesh-eating virus.” This method meets the requirements of copyright law but generates no money for rightsholders.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 7, 2023
.” As CEO of Twitter, Musk understands that his platform has certain obligations if it wishes to maintain protection from liability under copyright law. ” A review of Mauduit’s recent posts suggests that his Twitter account is mainly used to post content he creates himself, usually videos or photographs.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 16, 2023
As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute.
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 13, 2023
Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 1, 2023
TL;DR: a copyright takedown notice that doesn’t meet the elements of 512(c)(3) cannot give rise to a 512(f) clam. Specifically, the putative copyright owners didn’t send a proper 512(c)(3) takedown notice because: it lacked specific identification of the copyrighted works. Maritas, 2023 WL 2726030 (E.D.
IIPRD
APRIL 8, 2024
This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law.
Copyright Lately
MAY 1, 2023
If you’ve been glued to news coverage of the Ed Sheeran trial for the past two weeks, you may have missed an even bigger story from the world of music copyright. From a copyright perspective, these particular tracks are clearly derivative of both the original sound recordings and the underlying musical compositions.
Patently-O
APRIL 6, 2023
by Dennis Crouch The copyright lawsuit between the data-software company SAS Institute and its scrappy copycat World Programming has been interesting to follow over the past several years, and the Federal Circuit has now issued a controversial opinion in the case. WPL , the Federal Circuit squarely addressed the copyrightability question.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 2, 2024
OpenAI’s vision for a fair AI ecosystem The ADAI mentions copyright only in passing, but it is fairly obvious that the desire to ‘deal’ with pending copyright infringement claims (largely in the US) lies at the core of this ambitious statement.
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